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La Habra Police Department’s jail makes inmates safety a priority
The jail is quiet as jailer Aaron Koplas makes his way through the corridors of La Habra’s city jail. He…
You don’t want to run into this officer if you make the poor choice to drink and drive in Orange
The white BMW was swerving in the lane. Heading away on a recent Friday night from a concentration of bars…
Courtney Ward’s cancer is so rare it took her 10 months just to find a support group. And then it…
Rendering aid to a stranger. Preventing a 1-year-old from being run over in the street. Helping a woman trapped in…
Sgt. Craig Odom had to have his arm seriously twisted to appear before the TV cameras Friday afternoon. Didn’t want…
A four-year manhunt for a suspect in the 1998 fatal shooting of a corrections officer in Anaheim ended late Thursday…
The list is long, and those on it deserving. Whether it was working with the homeless, shutting down crime-laden gambling…
Det. Pam Hardacre has a guess what her legacy will be when she leaves the Tustin PD. “I probably won’t…